tome
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Our lately deceased crewmate John was scattered in the Solent, close to the Needles just as he wanted. We dropped the sails, stopped the engine and lay ahull for the brief ceremony
6 white roses followed his ashes. Then there was a whoosh followed by two bangs as somebody let off a small firework to mark the occasion. A passing boat asked if we were ok, yep just fine we said
Next thing someone calls up Solent Coastguard to report the sighting of 2 flares close to the Needles. Blimey, I thought, that must be us so changed to ch67. Tried calling them up but the airways were chocker with various reports and couldn't get a word in
Eventually heard someone tell SCG that it was only a firework fired from a 30ft blue hulled boat named Avviva
Nuff said, I thought...
6 white roses followed his ashes. Then there was a whoosh followed by two bangs as somebody let off a small firework to mark the occasion. A passing boat asked if we were ok, yep just fine we said
Next thing someone calls up Solent Coastguard to report the sighting of 2 flares close to the Needles. Blimey, I thought, that must be us so changed to ch67. Tried calling them up but the airways were chocker with various reports and couldn't get a word in
Eventually heard someone tell SCG that it was only a firework fired from a 30ft blue hulled boat named Avviva
Nuff said, I thought...